What kind of people do they think we are? Is it possible they do not realize that we shall never cease to persevere against them until they have been taught a lesson which they and the world will never forget?

It is a good thing to stand away from the canvas from time to time and take a full view of the picture.

I am not invested with dictatorial powers. If I were, I should be quite ready to dictate.

All the great things are simple, and many can be expressed in a single word: freedom, justice, honor, duty, mercy, hope.

One must regard the hyphen as a blemish to be avoided wherever possible.

One day President Roosevelt told me that he was asking publicly for suggestions about what the war should be called. I said at once 'The Unnecessary War'.

I have been brought up and trained to have the utmost contempt for people who get drunk.